2-Minute Review

Let's cut through the noise, and get to the crux of it. 7 Expert Reviews analysed and summarised by the PhoneCurry Editorial Team, in a short and sweet 2-minute review.

Design

Elegant, premium metal design

At 6.9 mm, it is really slim - doesn’t feel like a “big phone” when you first hold it - its slim profile and the slight curves near the edges make for a decent and comfortable grip

That's not the only ergonomic advantage this phone has - it is also considerably lighter than its peers at 189 grams

Fingerprint sensor is on the slower side - and it's accuracy also could have been better

Display

Very good display with punchy and pleasantly oversaturated colours - viewing angles, and brightness levels are excellent too

The huge size of the display makes it especially well suited for media consumption

Auto-brightness adjustments are smooth as well

Software

Touchwiz UI over Android is light, and adds a nice bunch of features like the "Always On" display

Performance

Very good performance - has oodles of RAM and the Snapdragon 653 inside is slick and fast - in regular use, the phone is fluid and doesn't skip a beat in any way - things are largely flagship-like, and it's only in the most demanding games that you might notice a performance drop from the Snapdragon 820/821

Has a tendency to heat up, when pushed in terms of performance

Camera

Decent rear camera - daylight shot are good most of the times, macro shots are good, thanks to the f/1.9 aperture, HDR shots are good as well, low-light shots could have been better

Decent front camera, with good level of details

No support for 4K video capture, or slow motion video recording, that is generally expected at this price point

Battery

Decent battery life - for a regular user - there is a full work day’s worth of battery life and then some more

Supports fast charging, with 10-100% charge possible in just under an hour

More

Samsung has also made it much narrower than the Mi Max and Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra, making this the most ergonomic of all phablets in the market right now